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My Backyard is the newsletter of Eyes of Paint Branch, a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and restoring the Paint Branch and it's wathershed. Annual memberships in Eyes of Paint Branch are $15 for individuals, and $25 for families. Funding for this newsletter came from a grant from the Silver Creek Foundataion. Funding for our watershed advocacy depends on dues and contributions. Help preserve, protect, and restore the Paint Branch by sending a tax-deductible check today to: EOPB P.O.Box 272 Burtonsville, MD 20866
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Recent Data Show Severe Declines in Health of Upper Paint Branch Data released recently from state and county regulatory agencies indicate a deterioration of water quality, loss of aquatic habitat, and increased sedimentation and erosion in the tributaries of the Upper Paint Branch watershed. Full Story EOPB Offers Three-lane Alternative for Route 198 Widening The State Highway Administration has started a study to widen Route 28/198 between Georgia Avenue and Route 29. This project would cut through the headwaters of the Right and Left Forks of the Paint Branch in the Special Protection Area (SPA) near Spencerville. Full Story Gum Springs Tree Planting Join with several groups in planting native trees along the Paint Branch, the home of metropolitan Washington’s only long-term wild brown trout population. Forested buffers help slow soil erosion, improve water quality, and provide wildlife habitat. Full Story Are Trout More Important than People? We sometimes hear comments like "some people care more about trout than about people." Full Story New EOPB E-Mail Distribution Lists EOPB has two new e-mail lists to allow our members and friends to stay informed of environmental issues affecting the Paint Branch watershed and EOPB events. Full Story EOPB Receives Spring Creek Foundation Grant EOPB is pleased to announce that we have received a $10,000 grant from the Spring Creek Foundation of Washington, D.C. The grant will fund... Full Story UMBC Joins Anacostia Restoration The University of Maryland has formally agreed to partner with the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Committee in the efforts to restore the Anacostia watershed. The Partnership Agreement, signed in March, will include... Full Story New EOPB Officers The Eyes of Paint Branch Board of Directors, which is elected by the general membership, has elected the new officers for the year. Full Story We Keep Growing We added 43 dues-paying memberships to our roster.Full Story Land Lost by Jed Feffer I want to talk about the sloping land, tree shaded by oaks... Full Poem Eyes of Paint Branch Upcoming Events View the entire Eyes of Paint Branch Spring 2002 Newsletter |
